In order to show appreciation to those who use Huawei smartphones in South Africa, the company has launched an incredible promotion called HUAWEI Battery Replacement.  Customers have the opportunity to purchase an original battery replacement that is tailored to their particular device model for a remarkably low price, beginning at just R149.00, thanks to a […]

+OneX, solutions and systems supplier for South African IT giant Reunert Group, has reached an agreement to acquire MMC, a privately owned cybersecurity and managed services firm, for an undisclosed amount. By acquiring MMC, +OneX has expanded its range of cloud and digital transformation services to include cybersecurity and Compliance as a Service (CaaS). MMC […]

Netflix Inc. is taking steps to get its video-game service onto televisions. Despite being available on tablets and smartphones, Netflix’s app contains code that references TV games.  According to their gaming CEO, their cloud gaming business was “seriously investigated” last year, and their mobile games are currently available on the App Store. Although the company’s […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a public alert on cybercriminal gangs that are disseminating malware using AI-generated YouTube videos via its Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT). This was contained in a news statement dated March 26th, 2023, and signed by Reuben Muoka, NCC Director of Public Affairs. According to the statement, those […]

A partnership between two institutes of information technology, OpenLabs Ghana and AltSchool Africa, will train young people in Ghana in the development of digital content and provide them with employable skills. By providing them with a variety of adaptable online digital learning tools, the collaboration will also appeal to women who are interested in the […]

Amazon’s “Project Kuiper,” an alternative internet service that competes with SpaceX Starlink, includes a trio of satellite receivers that were just announced. Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite network designed to provide high-speed, low-cost Internet access to areas currently not reached by conventional means. Project Kuiper’s 3,236 satellites in LOI will do this (LEO). […]

There has been a notable increase in the number of phishing attacks throughout many African countries.  Kaspersky Labs, a market leader in the cybersecurity industry, has announced its plans to expand globally. As of the most up-to-date data provided by the company, Kaspersky’s anti-phishing system successfully blocked over 500 million attempts to access global websites […]

Twitter has begun implementing its plans to prohibit users from using text messages as a Twitter 2-factor authentication (2FA) method to safeguard their accounts beginning in March 2023. There are ways to acquire Two-factor verification for free on the Twitter account of security experts. The social media site said in February that the service would […]

Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has revealed that a partnership between Nigeria and Ghana in the IT sector will strengthen bilateral ties and create a more robust IT ecosystem in Africa. This statement was made by NITDA’s Director-General, Kashifu Inuwa, during a three-day working visit by a group from the Ghanaian National Information […]

The Law Firm of Olumide Babalola LP will organise the first edition of her annual privacy and data protection conference, “PrivCon Nigeria,” on March 22, 2023, at the AGIP hall in the Muson Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The conference will centre on privacy and data security concerns. The theme of the conference is “Building Foundations […]

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s hugely popular chatbot, is now part of Apple’s wristwatch selection. The integration is known as WatchGPT. You can use watchGPT to communicate with ChatGPT directly from your Apple Watch. The developer, Hidde van der Ploeg, tweeted about it after putting it out for evaluation. Its characteristics and services are comparable to those of […]

Facebook and Instagram parent company, Meta, has launched a program recently called ‘Take It Down’ to curb the spread of “revenge porn”, also called non-consensual images or videos of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram. Revenge porn results in the public humiliation of victims when their non-consensual explicit images or videos are publicly shared or viewed. […]

We both recognize the importance of smartphones in everyday life. Working from home, gaining access to crucial data, and engaging with coworkers are more productive. These tools have allowed people who couldn’t previously use technology to have access to it. Using accessibility capabilities like voice recognition, screen readers, and magnifiers, people who are deaf or […]

Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, has added more African currencies, including the Liberian Dollar (LRD), Sierra Leonean Leone (SLL), Gambian Dalasi (GMD), Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRO), and Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE), to its list of currencies to increase Africa’s accessibility of cryptocurrencies.  This development was announced in Binance’s latest move to expand its […]

OpenAI has announced that, through the recently introduced Whisper API, it is now enabling third-party developers to include ChatGPT in their products and services. Using this tool will be far less expensive than using its current language models. The company released the open-source Whisper speech-to-text model in September 2022. The Whisper API is a hosted […]

Uhuru Wallet and Flexid, two blockchain firms based in South Africa and Zimbabwe, respectively, aim to ease the difficulties faced by migrants when moving money across borders. Both firms have introduced a platform that offers digital identity and remittance services to migrants living and working in South Africa.  The platform, which both businesses have dubbed […]

When you click on the doodle, you will be directed to a Google search page that has “Nigeria National Elections 2023” as the keyword search item, and the INEC’s Schedule for the 2023 General Election will be the first set of results that you will see. A Google Doodle is a one-time-only modification of the […]

MTN, the biggest mobile network in Africa, had informed its customers in advance that a “network freeze” would be necessary and would take effect on February 24, 2023. Following the MTN notification, many Nigerians have gone into panic mode with less than 48 hours until the eagerly awaited presidential polls. Because many people mistook this […]

Global messaging App WhatsApp has announced the arrival of a fresh update, raising the version to 2.23.5.3 via the Google Play Beta Program. The private newsletter feature for WhatsApp will now be available in a later software release. The code indications were discovered by WaBetaInfo, who then stated that the tool is being worked on […]

Global consumer electronics and smart manufacturing China-based company, Xiaomi, has recently announced that six different devices from Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO will no longer receive official support – MIUI and Android updates as they have completed two years since their launch.  The news was announced by the MIUIs telegram channel, which revealed the specific models […]